你不知道 你妈是从哪儿来的
“You didn't remember where I'm from?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你吃过啊
“You've had it before?”
你不知道 你妈是 从哪儿来的
“You didn't remember where I'm from?”
对 对 对 南京来的大小姐 跟我们这些土豹子
“Right, right. The young lady from Nanjing. You're different from us”
“You shouldn't be surprised; remember that your mother grew up in a cultured, big city.”
In mid-20th century China, background differences between big-city educated youth ('daxuojie') and rural locals ('tubaozi') were sharp markers of culture and taste.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't you know / as if you didn't know
Used conversationally as a reminder to nudge someone about an obvious fact they are overlooking.
where someone comes from
Standard colloquial phrasing for asking or stating a person's geographic origin.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You know what your mom is like.”
“I know nothing about it.”
“you have no idea what kind of abyss I've fallen into.”
“You don't. Why aren't you saying anything? You can't talk.”
“Do you know Hongtou Mazu Temple?”
“You know what, my mom likes you a lot. She even wants”
“don't you know my temper?”
“Do you know where you are?”
“Do you know you reek of cigarettes when you get home?”
“You have no idea. It's all over Wenyi Road.”
“Do you know that if you do this,”
“Then you pop up out of nowhere, can't get rid of you,”
“-You have no idea... -Here's the thing, Dad.”
“You have no idea about my townspeople. Whenever they mention this,”